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EZRA W. TRENHOLM AND ALEXANDER M. TRENHOLM, OF ROCKFORD, ILL.

PILLOW-SHAW HOLDER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,095, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed August 4, 1883.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EZRA W. TRENHOLM and ALEXANDER M. TRENHOLM, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Rockford, in the county of WVinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Pillow-Sham Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of pillowsham, holders employed, in connection with the bedstead, to support the shams on the bed in a proper inclined position over the pillows, and to elevate, fold, and support the shams above the pillows.

The object of this invention is to provide, at a small cost, a pillow-sham holder of a reliable construction, made reversible and capable of adjustment, to support the shams in various positions, and capable of use as a mosquitobar support when required. To accomplish these obj ects,we have designed and constructed the holder represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an isometrical representation of a portion of the head end of a bedstead with our improved holder in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the bracket-supports. Fig. 3 is a central section of the pawl end of the roller cut lengthwise thereof through the center of the pawl. Fig. 4 is an isometrical representation of the socket and pawl end of the roller; and Fig. 5 is a central section, inisometrical, of the socket and end portion of the roller opposite the pawl end thereof.

In the figures at A are represented the upper portions of the posts of the head end of a bedstead, and at B is represented a portion of the head-board framed into the posts, all of which are substantially the same as like parts of bedsteads now in use.

At 0 is represented bracket-supports, fitted to engage the posts of the bedstead, to which they are fixed in position-one on each postpreferably on the inside thereof, by means of sufficient screws passed through holes in the foot portion of the bracket into the bed-post. The outer end ofthese bracket-supports are provided with a bearing, a, of proper dimensions', to receive the journal-bearings of the roller or shaft of the sham-support. These (No model.)

bearings are opened on their upper side, as at b, in such a manner that a journal, flattened or slightly reduced on opposite sides, will enter through the opening into the bearing. These bracket-supports are also provided with a series of holes, 0, concentric with the bearing, and are designed to receive a detent.

At 1) is represented a roller or shaft, preferably of wood, of proper dimensions.

At E is represented a socket of proper size to receive the end of the roller snugly, and from the center of its end projectsa stud-j ournal, cl, of a size to properly enter the bearing a in the brackets, to oscillate therein freely. This stud-journal d is provided with an axial opening to receive a screw, 6, which enters the axial center of the shaft and serves to fix the socket in place thereon.

At F is represented a socket of a diameter substantially the same as the socket E, and is placed on one end of the shaft, and is fixed in place thereon by means of screws passed through the rim of the socket into the shaft. This socket is provided with an axial journal, 71, projecting from its end, of a proper size to enter the bearing a in the bracket-supports. This axial journal it has its opposite sides at i flattened, reducing its diameter to pass through the opening I) in the upper end of the bracket-supports, into the bearing a, formed therein in such a manner that when. the journal is in place in the bearing it will be capable of a free oscillatory movement therein, and will be held in place against accidental displacement except when its flattened surfaces are brought into position to permit its withdrawal from the bracket.

At His represented a lever-detent having a pivotal connection at o with the projecting end portion of the stud-journal F. The short arm of this lever is provided with a pin-detent, 7c, fitted to freely enter the detent-holes c in the bracket-supports in such a manner as to hold the roller in its adjusted position.

At 1 is represented a spring placed between the roller and the long arm of the lever-detent, in such a manner that its spring action will tend to hold the detent engaged with the bracket-support, but in such a manner as to permit the free handle of the lever to be de pressed, to disengage the pin-detent from the detent-holes of the bracket-support, to change the position of the roller. The roller D, including its end sockets, is of such length as to be placed in the bracket-supports fixed to the bed-posts, having its journal portions supported in the bearings.

At N is represented a wire bracket having its ends fixed in the end portions of the roller, from which its end portions extend in radial lines, and joined at their outer ends by a suitable curve to the outer portion, which is parallel with the roller.

At 1? are represented braces producedfrom a suitable wire having its end portions fixed in the roller in the same plane with the end portions of the bracket N. These brace-arms, from their connection with the roller, extend in radial lines inclined toward each other to meet the outer bar of the bracket at its center m, at which point it has a suitable loop-connection therewith. At a is represented a tape extending lengthwise of the roller, having one edge thereof tacked-or otherwise connectedtherewith, and its free edge serves to connect with the shams to hold them in connection with the wire brackets, I In use the wire bracket is dropped to its lowest position, as shown in the dotted lines. The shams are then placed in position and pinned or otherwise connected with the tape on the roller.

' .Fromthe foregoing it will be seen that with the several parts constructed and arranged as shown and described,with pillow-shams thereto attached in. the manner set .forth, when the roller is turned in its bearings to support the wire bracket in its elevated position, as shown in the solid lines, the shams will be raised and folded over the wire bracket, and, by means of the detent engaging the holes in the bracket-support, will be supported in a vertical position inside of the head-board, from which position they can be lowered and supported in any position within the limits of the device;

It will further be noticed that the construction and arrangements of the parts are such that the roller may be changed to place the detent to either side of the bed; and, further, that the wire bracket may be supported in a horizontal position, as shown in the upper dotted lines, in which position a gauze or mosquito-bar may be spread over the support and bed, which will be found a convenient and useful application in case of sickness or in situations where insects are troublesome.

WBOlfLlIll as our invention 7.

1. The combination,with the bracket-supports having an openbearing, of a rollerhav-- ing end journals, one of which is reduced on opposite sides to enter said openbearing, a lever pivotally secured to one end ofsaid roller, and means, substantially as described, for securing the pillow-sharn holder at different angles tothe head-board, as set forth. V

2. The combination, with the roller and bracket supports formed with openingsto-receive the pin of a lever-detent having a pivotal connection with the stud-j ournal of ther-oller,

and provided with a pin to enter the openings, of the bracket-supports and aspring for holding the detent in engagement withthebrack'etsupports, substantiallyas set forth.

EZRA W. TRENHOLM; ALEXANDER M, TRENHOLMY Witnesses:

J AOOB BEHEL, A. O. BEHEL. 

